In this episode, we welcome Dr. Jessica Douthwaite to the show. Jessica is the co-curator of the new exhibition being held by the Bodelian Libraries showing off some of the materials the library has in the John le Carré archive.

We talk about how Jessica became involved, what a curator does, and how the exhibition became focused on le Carré’s research methods.

Jessica also reveals some of the wonderful items that will be on display and how a loan of materials from the Cornwell family really helps to make the exhibits pop.

Plus, what could further exhibitions of le Carré materials focus on?

All that and much more in this episode.

John le Carré: Tradecraft – The exhibition – https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lecarre

Buy Tradecraft: Writers on John le Carré – https://bodleianshop.co.uk/products/tradecraft-writers-on-john-le-carre

Jessica and Federico will discuss the exhibit on October 10th. You can sign up to join virtually here – https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oct25/tradecraft-the-exhibition

Sign up for the lecture Mick Herron will be giving on John le Carré on December 19th – https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/dec25/mick-herron

Jeff’s site – SpyWrite.com

Jeff’s twitter – @spywrite